Maybe this patch will fix things for me. The last patch I got deleted both Starcraft launchers (beta/nonbeta) from my computer. Does anyone know anything I can do to restore that besides reinstallation? I'm able to get into the programs still but it's a hassle, for instance I still have the SC2 Editor program which I can launch a test map with and then get to normal SC2 from there, but that's a pain.

For instance, I search "Starcraft" in the search bar and only the editors and SC1 come up. I go to program files and all SC2 launch icons are gone as well. These files weren't in the recycle bin either.

Has anyone had this happen to them? This is such a weird thing that I've never had happen before. The program appears to be there and doing fine but I have no direct way to access it. Does anyone know how to create a shortcut without the application .exe files?

You are basically downloading a new client to replace the existing one. There may be small patches when the client is officially released, but you download the bulk of it right now.

Also, I don't think it's actually 14 GB. I have 3 clients (NA, EU, and TW), and they all quickly jumped to 8/14 GB once I started downloading. (you can pull up the download progress in one of the menus)

If you start playing WoL, the download will pause and resume again the next time you start the launcher. Blizzard has recommended that you leave the launcher running for a few hours to complete the download.

To see the progress of the patch you need to click 'info -> Connection information' on the launch page. It will tell you how many of the 14.6ish GB you have downloaded (keep in mind that WoL is already 8 GB so it will start from there).

You should be able to play HotS though, since it's a separate launcher. You'll probably lag pretty bad though since the download is pretty damn fast (was getting 3MB/s when I did it).

I've turned off the p2p, but it still doesn't work at my school. Turning off the p2p actually required me to make an initial p2p connection... that may have something to do with it. Regardless, even with p2p off, I can download absolutely nothing from blizzard on campus.